By now you’ve probably noticed that the regular season is starting in less than a week. And because of that, there will be no more spring training questions to be asked and for me to attempt to answer. As you know, there will be plenty more questions to be asked during the season, but I […]
Tag: Kelvin Herrera
Spring Training Questions: Can The Pitching Be Good Enough?
In today’s look at a question surrounding the Royals, I tackle a question that probably won’t get answered during the spring. It may not even get answered in the first part of the season, but it’s still a question that needs to be asked now even if we won’t have a final answer on it […]
Bullpen By The Numbers
Hey, how about some good, old fashioned statistical baseball chatter? The Hot Stove is still simmering, but with the Wade Davis trade still fresh in our collective consciousness, why not look at some Royals bullpen numbers, courtesy of the Bill James Handbook and Baseball Reference? Davis is credited with 39 “clean” outings in 45 appearances. The […]
Slider Away
On July 6, with the Royals tied in the 8th inning against the Blue Jays, Kelvin Herrera took the mound. It was not a good outing. It began in promising fashion. Herrera jumped ahead of Ezequiel Carrera with three consecutive fastballs. He finished him off with a slider that probably caught too much of the […]
Let’s Review (BP Kansas City Episode 28)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2016/10/06/lets-review-bp-kansas-city-episode-28.mp3 After the Royals finished 81-81, Jeff and Mike reflected on the season and its frustrations, its high points, and what we take away from 2016. In the second segment, we reviewed our preseason predictions and held ourselves accountable for our bad calls and celebrated the correct ones. Follow the Vault at @KCBaseballVault. Follow host […]
RECAP: Royals 6, Twins 7; Well That Was Unexpected
The final meeting between the Royals and the Twins in the 2016 season did not go quite like the 18 games that preceded it. By that, I mean the Twins played pretty well, and the Royals did not, as the visitors picked up the 7-6 win. Kansas City got off to a fast start with […]
Nobody’s Perfect
The pitcher win and the pitcher loss have to be among the very first baseball stats. Like it or not, they are still going to be in the paper every morning long after we are all gone. Thanks to Cy Young wins by Zack Greinke and Felix Hernandez, even the old guard baseball writers have […]
RECAP: Royals 5, Marlins 2; Electric Defense Fries The Fish
If you’re being honest with your inner baseball fan, these Royals haven’t been playing the most exciting brand of baseball. Don’t get me wrong, the wins are nice and the month of August has been brilliant. It’s just that all too frequently, we see this team turn out the lights for extended periods. Dull, low […]
Handle With Care (BP Kansas City Episode 16)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2016/07/07/handle-with-care-bp-kansas-city-episode-16.mp3 Right now the Royals are fighting through injuries and inconsistency and it’s got everything feeling pretty fragile. The Royals title defense isn’t going as planned but what is there to be done about it? Who will the Royals turn to in close games while Wade Davis is on the DL? Will they go make […]
RECAP: Royals 2, Indians 1; Whit’s World
Whit Merrifield supplied the offense. Edinson Volquez brought the sexy. The bullpen slammed the door. And the Royals won their third consecutive game. Party Time, It’s Excellent In Merrifield’s at bat leading off the bottom of the first he saw six consecutive fastballs from Carlos Carrasco. The heaters clocked in between 94 and 96 mph. […]